NGC 2613

Eso_eso0209g_1024

eso_eso0209g March 13th, 2002

Credit: ESO

VIMOS photo of NGC 2613, a spiral galaxy that resembles our own Milky Way. Composite VRI image obtained on February 28, 2002. The individual exposures lasted 180 seconds; image quality 0.7 arcsec FWHM; field 7 x 7 arcmin2 ; North is up and East is left.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0209g/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 2613
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Eso_eso0209g_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 8h 33m 20.8s
DEC = -22° 58’ 29.1”
Orientation
North is 1.6° CW
Field of View
6.2 x 4.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Pyxis

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (WFI) Optical (R) -
Green VLT (VIMOS) Optical (V) -
Blue VLT (VIMOS) Optical (B) -
Eso_eso0209g_1280
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ID
eso0209g
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
NGC 2613
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2002-03-13T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0209g/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from NED and Royal Astronomical Society: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10682.x/pdf
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
WFI, VIMOS, VIMOS
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
128.336612623, -22.9747509206
Reference Dimension
1280.0, 890.0
Reference Pixel
737.0, 457.0
Scale
-8.02809234278e-05, 8.02809234278e-05
Rotation
-1.57007538342
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso0209g
Metadata Date
2009-01-07T16:19:01+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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